Hernando County Courthouse
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| Hernando County Courthouse | |
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| Town | Brooksville, Florida |
| Country | United States |
| Architect | William Augustus Edwards |
| Completion date | 1913 |
| Style | Beaux-Arts |
The Hernando County Courthouse, built in 1913, is an historic courthouse building located in Brooksville, Florida, It was designed by Atlanta-based architect William Augustus Edwards who designed one other courthouse in Florida, two in Georgia and nine in South Carolina as well as academic buildings at 12 institutions in Florida, Georgia and South Carolina. He designed most of the original buildings on the campus of the University of Florida in Gainesville.[1] It has been called the Booksville crown.[2] In 1989, The Hernando County Courthouse was listed in A Guide to Florida's Historic Architecture, published by the University of Florida Press.[3]
[edit] References
- ^ University of Florida biography of William Augustus Edwards
- ^ Florida's Historic Courthouses: Hernando County Courthouse page
- ^ A Guide to Florida's Historic Architecture, 1989, Gainesville: University of Florida Press, p. 101, ISBN 0-8130-0941-3
[edit] External links
- University of Florida biography of William Augustus Edwards
- Multiple Resource Area for 4 of the 9 South Carolina courthouses designed by William Augustus Edwards - 12 pages
- Florida's Historic Courthouses
- St Petersburg Times: Brooksville 150 years
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